Not sure about the legals! but from a business point of view it comes across as tacky and dosen't show any credability however if you are going to do it I would recommend massive eye-catching copy and that they are laminated.

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I'm pretty sure you're allowed temporary posters up for 30 days. The council, if anything, will ask you to take them down if they become a neusence or are up for any longer. I think you might be limited on this to A4 size too......

It is possible to put posters in residential streets, there are 14 classes of deemed consent under the town and country planning act, running a A-Z poster distribution that puts up posters for fairs and circus we regularly use this although many councils believe that they know better than the law of the land, however we do our best to educate them!

CLASS 3F - Adverts for Fairs & Circuses:-

a)The Local Authority must be informed of the sites for the adverts 14 days before the notices are posted.

b)The adverts may only be displayed up to 14 days in advance and must be removed within 7 days after the event.

I suggest you get proper permit to your local government office in posting to residential areas. This is for the safety of the people around that area also.

Aside from flyers, another thing that you can distribute to residential areas are promotional products that people can use everyday such as mugs, umbrellas, etc. You can print your business name on them.

Without the right permissions you can be fined for each and every poster you put up. Many, many years ago I was looking at setting up a computer fair in Cardiff. Permission from the council to put posters up was not forth coming and we were warned of a possible £2,000 fine per poster the council found.

Many that you see on the side of the road tend to have untraceable phone numbers / websites on them to make it harder for the council to find them

Well,it might not be legal except for the local citizens but at the same time you need to think upon the promotional strategy you are using as this one might affect the image of your business...so try put something different...!!!

Well,it might not be legal except for the local citizens but at the same time you need to think upon the promotional strategy you are using as this one might affect the image of your business...so try put something different...!!!

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Very good point

What is that you are selling and would this type of selling match up. If not it could do more harm than good in the long run